UNHCR welcomes commitment by Central American states and Mexico to address forced displacement
MEXICO CITY – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the commitment by six Central American countries and Mexico to strengthen their efforts to address and prevent forced displacement in their region, in line with the spirit of solidarity and shared responsibility set...
60,000 young refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy alone need support as they enter adulthood – UN Agencies
Key challenges include discrimination, difficulty finding work, administrative bottlenecks and lack of legal information ROME, Italy – The estimated 60,000 young refugees and migrants who arrived in Italy as unaccompanied children between 2014 and 2018, and who...
Clinic helps refugees and Bangladeshis in pain
A physiotherapy clinic in south-east Bangladesh treats Rohingya refugees and their Bangladeshi hosts side by side. By Don Murray in Shamlapur, Bangladesh Hazera has a medical card which says she is 55 years old, however her doubled-over posture and face says she is...
UNHCR flight relocates 54 vulnerable refugees from Niger to Italy
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency today relocated 54 vulnerable refugees from the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM) and urban areas in Niger to Italy. The group, who landed in Rome at around 17:00 local time, is made up of refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and...
UNHCR flies in relief for Somalis cut off by flooding
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. An airplane – a Fokker 50 cargo freighter – carrying six metric tons of aid...
UNHCR troubled by latest U.S. refugee resettlement cut
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is troubled by the U.S. decision announced today to reduce, substantially and for the third consecutive year, the number of refugees it will admit for resettlement in the United States over the coming year. The admissions ceiling of...
UNHCR statement on the death of former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata
Former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata, who led UNHCR from 1991 to 2000, passed away in Tokyo, Japan, her family has announced. “Mrs. Ogata was a visionary leader who steered UNHCR through one of the most momentous decades in its history, transforming...
Training refugees and Ethiopians for the job market
A vocational programme funded by the German government teaches skills such as cooking, woodworking and mechanics to refugees and their hosts. By Katie Nguyen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia All morning, Hanan Seif Hassan, a 32-year-old refugee from Yemen, and her friends...